What is a Still Life Drawing?
Still Life is an art term, that refers to a extra kind of picture. It represents an arrange of inanimate objects (hence the name) such as a bowl, a cup or fruits. Ordinarily the arrangement is made according to the artist's purpose. A Still life pencil drawing can be symbolic, with an fundamental meaning, or aesthetic, in which case the purpose is to relate beauty.
About Still Life Pencil Drawings
A still life work can have many purposes. If we work in color it can help us understand how color acts in real life, how the light bounces, and how an arrangement of colors can bring a extra mood to the painting. Using colored pencils we can begin studies about color, and work in the finest details. But in the case of black and white pencil drawings, the purpose of the still life pencil drawing is different. A still life pencil drawing can help us study shapes and see how they interact on our eyes, we learn how to portion precise proportions and how they can make the contrast in the middle of a good drawing and a qualified drawing.
When we get into shading, we then study tonal values. There are no colors here so we must learn how to see things in black and white mode, and correctly define which are going to be the dark and light areas on our still life pencil drawing.
Still lifes are the most ready subjects in the world, and while some people may reconsider still life drawing boring, the fact is they teach us a lot. When you have no idea of what to draw, just make an arrangement of things you have at your house and start your still life pencil drawing. Don't take just as bring cups and fruits, but instead focus on what you can learn from this. If you keep practicing on drawing still life scenes you will find out that you have a much good insight on how light works, and how objects relate to each other within a compound and color scheme.
